NBER Workshop of Digital Economics
Avi Goldfarb, Catherine Tucker, and Pinar Yildirim, Organizers
March 3, 2023
Format: 20 minutes for the authors, 10 minutes for the discussants, 10 minutes for general Q&A
| Thursday, March 2 | ||||
| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner - Hickory/Hawthorne Rooms | |||
| Friday, March 3 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast - Ballroom | |||
| Session 1 | ||||
| 8:30 am |
Guy Aridor, Northwestern University Duarte Gonçalves, University College London Joseph Konstan, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Ruoyan Kong, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Daniel Kluver, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities The Economics of Recommender Systems: Evidence from a Field Experiment on MovieLens
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| 9:10 am |
George Beknazar-Yuzbashev, Columbia University Rafael Jimenez, Bocconi University Jesse McCrosky, Mozilla Foundation Mateusz Stalinski, University of Warwick Toxic Content and User Engagement on Social Media: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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| 9:50 am | Break | |||
| Session 2 | ||||
| 10:20 am |
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania Gi Heung Kim, University of Pennsylvania Coordinated vs Efficient Prices: The Impact of Algorithmic Pricing on Multifamily Rental Markets
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| 11:00 am |
Alexander MacKay, Harvard University Dennis Svartbäck, Priceff Ltd Anders G. Ekholm, University of Helsinki Dynamic Pricing and Demand Volatility: Evidence from Restaurant Food Delivery
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| 11:40 am | Lunch | |||
| Session 3 | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER Emil Palikot, Stanford University Effective and Scalable Approaches to Facilitate Labor Market Transitions for Women in Technology
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| 1:40 pm |
Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Yeshiva University Grant Goehring, Boston University Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures
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| 2:20 pm | Break | |||
| Session 4 | ||||
| 2:40 pm |
Hanna Halaburda, New York University Daniel Obermeier, New York University Limits to Orchestration in Decentralized Platforms: Exploring the Effect of Ethereum’s Transaction Verification Mechanism on dApp Heterogeneity
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| 3:20 pm |
Xiaoxia Lei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Yixing Chen, Notre Dame University Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University The Value of External Data for Digital Platforms: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Search Suggestions
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| 4:00 pm | Adjourn | |||